Sunday Gazette-Mail back issues from October 1999:
All dressed up: ; Symphony League Fashion Show doubles up high style and gourmet taste
Oct 03, 1999; ... SUNDAY GAZETTE-MAIL The West Virginia Symphony League will serve up style along withsupper at its annual fashion show. "Five-Star Food and Fashion" will hit the runway at 6:30 p.m.Oct. 11 at the Charleston Marriott. Culinary delicacies from theMarriott will share top billing ...
Breast cancer group enlists: ; Christie Brinkley, kids book to raise awareness
Oct 03, 1999; ... SUNDAY GAZETTE-MAIL Even though former model Christie Brinkley calls her and hermother's experiences with breast cancer "tiny little scares," it wasenough to make her realize what families can go through whilewaiting for results. Her mother had a lumpectomy on what turned out ...
Home Briefs
Oct 03, 1999; ... The tail of the tape Don't bother jumping up on a chair to escape a mouse - mice aregood climbers, have a vertical leap of 12 inches and can jump downfrom a height of 12 feet without injury, says the maker of d-CONrodenticides, reminding us that October is the beginning of ...
Antiques & Collectibles Q&A
Oct 03, 1999; ... Q. Where can I find information on, and the value of, greenopaque dishes like Martha Stewart keeps in her cupboard on her TVshow? - Emily Fredricks, Stockton, Calif. A. Such glassware is known as Jadite because of its jadelikecolor. It was produced in a variety of kitchenware ...
GARDENSCAPE: ; For better roses, change the way you prune bush
Oct 03, 1999; ... While at a garden club meeting in Flatwoods the week before last,I learned about a new day lily nursery in French Creek, south ofBuckhannon. Roberta Koblank told me about her daughter Dinah Campi'snursery, called Floral Acres. Campi grows more than 600 kinds of daylilies and has the only ...
Is it time to replace your smoke alarm ?
Oct 03, 1999 ... Residential smoke alarms should be replaced after 10 years,according to The International Association of Fire Chiefs, theNational Fire Protection Association and the U.S. FireAdministration. More than one-third of the country's smoke alarms could be pasttheir recommended life ...
Other Colorado Springs-area Castles
Oct 03, 1999; ... Miramont Castle Where: 9 Capitol Hill Ave., Manitou Springs. To get there, takeU.S. 24 west to Manitou Springs (take the second exit) and followthe exit to Manitou Avenue, where you turn west and go to RuxtonAvenue. Turn left (south) and go to Capitol Hill Avenue and followthe ...
Style notes from Louise Palumbo
Oct 03, 1999 ... With fashion an ever-changing proposition, it never hurts to havea little advice before embarking upon a wardrobe update. For thestyle-conscious, here are some of Louise Palumbo's thoughts onfashion for fall and beyond: * Fabrics are getting to be more sheer - even leather. * ...
Special footwear for Y-Shoe-K
Oct 03, 1999; ... Q. I have heard about some fabulous shoes designed specially formillennium parties. Can you tell me who makes them and where theyare available? A. The shoes are made by Stuart Weitzman. They are available atStuart Weitzman stores in major cities around the country. To order,call ...
Fashion Week '99: As poets, they make good fashion designers
Oct 03, 1999; ... NEW YORK - They design expensive outfits, drape them acrossfabulous supermodels, and sometimes make oodles of cash. Suchachievements do not mean the world's fashion designers arewordsmiths - as was painfully demonstrated at this year's FashionWeek. Free verse? You bet - nobody ...
Area Births
Oct 03, 1999 ... The following births have been recorded at the Kanawha CountyCourthouse. At Women and Children's Hospital Amos, Hadley Ray, son of Austin Wyatt and Kayla Amos ofHurricane, was born July 3, 1999. Amos, Morgan Alexis, daughter of Johnny Daryl Jr. and Vicki LynnAnderson ...
Maddox leads Nitro past Woodrow Wilson
Oct 03, 1999 ... Bradley Maddox had two goals as visiting Nitro defeated WoodrowWilson 3-1 Saturday in boys high school soccer. Brian Young also scored for the Wildcats (12-1-1). *** RIVERSIDE 5, RAVENSWOOD 2: Three goals from Chad Duernbergerlifted the Warriors past the host Red ...
How they scored
Oct 03, 1999 ... * Marshall 3, Miami 0 - Billy Malashevich 42 field goal, 12:21first quarter. Drive: 7 plays, 25 yards, 2:39 elapsed. Key play:James Williams 45 kickoff return to midfield. - Marshall 9, Miami 0 - Nate Poole 6 pass from Chad Pennington(kick failed), 53 first quarter. Drive: 10 ...
How they scored
Oct 03, 1999 ... * Navy 7, West Virginia 0 - Brian Broadwater 1 run (Tim Shubzdakick), 6:50 first quarter. Drive: 80 yards, 15 plays, 7:00 elapsed.Key play: Broadwater 8 run on fourth-and-1 at the WVU 17. - West Virginia 7, Navy 7 - Anthony Becht 17 pass from Brad Lewis(Jay Taylor kick), 10:10 ...
Prentice stats pile up after the fact: ; MARSHALL NOTEBOOK
Oct 03, 1999; ... SUNDAY GAZETTE-MAIL OXFORD, Ohio - Travis Prentice's final statistics - 131 yards on27 carries - are grossly misleading, said Marshall linebacker JohnGrace. Fearing that those numbers would misrepresent a brilliantperformance by the Herd defensive unit, Grace urged the media ...
WVu makes an embarrassing statement
Oct 03, 1999; ... MORGANTOWN - West Virginia's second-best college football teammade quite a statement Saturday afternoon. If there were doubtersbefore, there should be precious few now. And no, we're not talking about Marshall here. No, on the same afternoon the Thundering Herd spanked the ...
Williams sisters make Grand Slam Cup final
Oct 03, 1999; ... The Associated Press MUNICH, Germany - The Williams sisters assured themselves a bigpay day. Serena and Venus Williams set up a sister-sister showdown whenthey reached the final of the $6.7 million Grand Slam Cup. Serena, the U.S. Open champion, beat Lindsay Davenport ...
Fantasy tournament
Oct 03, 1999; ... TBL FANTASY TOURNAMENT FIRST-ROUND MATCH Diamond Dallas Page vs. Mankind To cast your vote, send an e-mail to ...
Strange squirrel behavior
Oct 03, 1999; ... Readers have asked why there have been so many squirrels killedon our highways in the last week or so. At first glance, the answer is relatively simple. This year's mast projections indicate there should be some wildfood in nearly every part of the state, at least through fall ....
THE BOTTOM LINE: ; Wrestlers ready to enter fantasy ring
Oct 03, 1999; ... HAVE YOU EVER wondered what would happen if Stone Cold SteveAustin squared off with Bill Goldberg? Who would win if Sting took on The Rock? Could Shane McMahon get the better of David Flair? Well, maybe you've never really thought about the last one, butI, like most ...
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL STATISTICS
Oct 03, 1999 ... Through Friday's games MAJOR LEAGUE BATTING American League Team batting AB R H HR RBI Avg Texas 5588 942 1639 229 894 .293 Cleveland 5566 1004 1611 207 955 .289 New York 5503 895 1553 191 851 .282 Kansas City 5592 853 1576 151 797 ...
Bowling
Oct 03, 1999 ... Men WV Hillbillies Heath Danberry, 483; Marcus Shaffer, 476; Rick Derda, 474. His and Hers Jimmy Raynes, 254-593; Don Milam, 222-579; Ray Thompson, 531; JayPhillips, 204-544. Venture Lanes Youth League Jason Colonna, 185-526; Brian Ryall, 150-430; ...
UK upsets Arkansas
Oct 03, 1999; ... LEXINGTON, Ky. - Dusty Bonner threw or four touchdowns, two toQuentin McCord, as Kentucky built a 21-0 first-half lead and held onto upset No. 20 Arkansas 31-20 on Saturday. It was the Wildcats' biggest win over a top 25 opponent since a21-0 home victory over Mississippi in ...
Reed pitches Mets past Bucs
Oct 03, 1999; ... NEW YORK - Rick Reed pitched a three-hitter, struck out a career-high 12 and hit a two-run single as New York beat the PittsburghPirates 7-0 Saturday to tie Cincinnati for the NL wild-card lead. Mike Piazza hit his 40th homer for the Mets, who have won twostraight following a 1-8 ...
Baseball today
Oct 03, 1999 ... East Division W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Intr x-New York 98 63 .609 - z-6-4 W-3 48-33 50-30 9-9 y-Boston 93 68 .578 5 5-5 W-2 49-32 44-36 6-12 Toronto 83 78 .515 15 z-6-4 W-2 41-41 42-37 9-9 Baltimore 78 83 .484 20 z-4-6 L-3 41-39 37-44 11-7 Tampa ...
Sunday's Boxes
Oct 03, 1999 ... FLORIDA ATLANTA ab r h bi ab r h bi Berg 2b 4 0 0 0 GWlms lf 5 0 1 0 AGnzlz ss 4 0 0 0 BBoone 2b 2 0 1 0 Floyd lf 4 1 2 1 Lckhrt 2b 2 0 1 0 Alfnsca p 0 0 0 0 CJones 3b 2 0 1 0 PWilsn cf 4 0 0 0 Battle 3b 2 0 0 0 Aven rf 3 0 0 0 Klesko 1b 3 0 ...
Taking a look at baseball's awards
Oct 03, 1999; ... The most interesting race in the AL might be the one for MVP.There are seven legitimate candidates who offer a little bit ofsomething for everyone. Let's start with the sluggers. No one's been better thanCleveland's Manny Ramirez and Texas' Rafael Palmeiro, who have ledtheir ...
NFL Week 4: ; Struggling Jets visit winless Denver today
Oct 03, 1999; ... Coming into training camp, Mike Shanahan and Bill Parcells wereconsidered the NFL's top two coaches, two of four active ones whohave won two Super Bowls; George Seifert and Jimmy Johnson are theothers. This year, they're learning how the bottom half lives. WhenParcells' Jets and ...
Relaxed Jimmy Johnson won't help Miami: ; NFL PICKS
Oct 03, 1999; ... For the Sunday Gazette-Mail Behold the new Jimmy Johnson: Husband, father, person. Romanticwalks along the beach. Candlelit dinners at sunset. Jazz festivalsbefore film breakdowns. Once obsessed with winning, Johnson - who briefly quit after lastseason - now is obsessed with ...
U.S. women's national team downs WNBA select squad
Oct 03, 1999; ... The Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. - Natalie Williams had 20 points and 11 reboundsSaturday night to lead the U.S. women's national team to a 99-73victory over a WNBA Select Team in the Hall of Fame EnshrinementGame. Despite being without three projected starters, the core ...
Golf briefs
Oct 03, 1999 ... Toms takes three-stroke lead at Challenge PINE MOUNTAIN, Ga. - David Toms overcame a bogey on the firsthole for another 6-under 66 Saturday that gave him a three-strokelead going into the final round of the Buick Challenge. Toms answered his bogey with a 5-wood to 18 feet for ...
Roundup
Oct 03, 1999 ... Charleston's 5.0 adult league men's tennis team scored two morevictories at the USTA adult league national championships Saturdayat Flushing Meadows, N.Y. to advance to the tournament semifinals. Charleston won its flight by a 15-4 score to advance to today'ssemifinals against ...
Jarrett's big hurdle: ; Winston Cup leader hasn't fared well at Martinsville
Oct 03, 1999; ... MARTINSVILLE, Va. - Dale Jarrett could be excused if he shudderswhen he drives his personal car into Martinsville Speedway. The nearly-flat, 526-mile oval in the hills of southern Virginiahas not been a very welcoming place for the second-generation NASCARdriving star. Since ...
Cross country
Oct 03, 1999 ... Pikeview Invitational Saturday's results 5000 meter run Boys team 1. Capital 1:36:41, 2. George Washington 1:38:40, 3. Pikeview1:40:13, 4. Charleston Catholic 1:40:55, 5. Buckhannon Upshur1:42:39, 6. Braxton County 1:46:35, 7. Oak Hill 1:50:14, 8 ....
Auto racing
Oct 03, 1999 ... NASCAR NAPA 500 lineup MARTINSVILLE, Va. - The lineup for today's NASCAR Winston CupSeries NAPA AutoCare 500 at Martinsville Speedway with startingposition, car number in parentheses, driver, make of car and speedin mph: 1. (42) Joe Nemechek, Chevrolet, 95.223 mph. 2 ....
Prep football
Oct 03, 1999 ... Saturday's summaries Wyoming East 14 9 6 3 -32 Oak Hill 0 0 0 6 -6 W-Tunstalle 8 run (Grogg kick) W-Clark 42 pass from Gunter (Grogg kick) W-Grogg 31 yard field goal W-Hill 15 run (kick failed) W-Grogg 1 run (kick failed) W-Grogg 30 ...
National Football League
Oct 03, 1999 ... Standings AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct. PF PA New England 3 0 0 1.000 77 70 Miami 2 0 0 1.000 57 37 Buffalo 2 1 0 .667 57 34 Indianapolis 2 1 0 .667 86 64 N.Y. Jets 0 3 0 .000 51 74 Central Tennessee 3 0 0 1.000 ...
College football
Oct 03, 1999 ... Standings/results Big East Conference Conference All Games W L PF PA W L PF PA Boston College 1 0 27 7 4 0 104 68 Syracuse 1 0 30 7 4 1 172 61 Pittsburgh 1 0 55 24 3 1 132 77 Virginia Tech 0 0 0 0 4 0 140 28 Miami 0 0 0 0 2 2 126 ...
WVC: ; W.Va. State falls in final seconds
Oct 03, 1999 ... Clarke Tobin kicked a 30-yard field goal in the final secondsSaturday to lead West Liberty to a 19-17 West Virginia Conferencevictory over visiting West Virginia State. Tobin's first kick attempt failed but State (2-2, 0-1) was calledfor roughing the kicker with five seconds left ....
How the Top 25 fared
Oct 03, 1999 ... * No. 1 Florida State (5-0) beat Duke 51-23. Next: vs. No. 18Miami, Saturday. - No. 2 Penn State (5-0) did not play. Next: at Iowa, Saturday. - No. 3 Florida (4-1) lost to No. 21 Alabama 40-39, OT. Next: atLSU, Saturday. - No. 4 Michigan (5-0) beat No. 11 Purdue 38-12 ....
Syracuse routs Tulane
Oct 03, 1999; ... Madei Williams hit Pat Woodcock with a 22-yard touchdown pass andNate Trout kicked a 38-field goal in the final minute of the firsthalf Saturday to break open a tight game and help lead No. 22Syracuse to a 47-17 victory over Tulane. Syracuse (4-1) also converted three interceptions ...
Tech's coming closer: ; Despite loss, Bears are showing signs of improvement
Oct 03, 1999; ... SUNDAY GAZETTE-MAIL MONTGOMERY - Right before his eyes, Mike Springston's team isgaining ground. Literally and figuratively. The scoreboard indicated that West Virginia University Tech lostto visiting Fairmont State 37-24 on Saturday. And the record booknoted it was the ...
More Indian ruins discovered
Oct 03, 1999; ... LIMA, Peru - An American explorer credited with discoveringseveral major Indian ruins in Peru's rainforests believes he haslocated another jewel in the jungle. "I believe we have found the environs of the lost city ofConturmarca," Gene Savoy said, returning from a monthlong ...
Herd removes all doubt: ; Marshall rolls Miami in MAC showdown
Oct 03, 1999; ... SUNDAY GAZETTE-MAIL OXFORD, Ohio - The early evidence was suggesting it would be anoverwhelmingly dominant day for the Thundering Herd. Celebrated Miami tailback Travis Prentice was struggling to findhis way back to the line of scrimmage, and quarterback Mike Bath wasthrowing ...
MU win important for league, program
Oct 03, 1999; ... OXFORD, Ohio - Before Saturday's Mid-American Conference gamewith Miami, Marshall football coach Bob Pruett stood at YagerStadium's midfield, arms crossed, while talking to broadcaster SonnyRandle. "He said if we don't turn the ball over," said Randle, "we'dabsolutely ...
WVU drops like an anchor vs. Navy: ; Struggles continue in 31-28 loss to Middies
Oct 03, 1999; ... Sunday gazette-mail MORGANTOWN - One sentence from Navy coach Charlie Weatherbie.Just one. That's all it took to illustrate precisely, albeit unwittingly,the problem with West Virginia's 1999 football team. "I thought our guys played their tails off," Weatherbie ...
It comes down to this . . .
Oct 03, 1999 ... Central Division W L Pct. GB Houston 96 65 .596 - Cincinnati 95 66 .590 1 NL wild card race W L Pct. GB Cincinnati 95 66 .590 - New York 95 66 .590 - Today's ...
Brewers keep Reds on ice
Oct 03, 1999; ... MILWAUKEE - The nine cases of champagne chilling in the visitors'clubhouse at County Stadium are still ice-cold. The Cincinnati Reds came to Milwaukee with confidence, solidpitching and control of their postseason destiny. But in less than24 hours, the Reds' pitching staff ...
Transactions
Oct 03, 1999 ... BASKETBALL National Basketball Association ORLANDO MAGIC-Waived F Harvey Grant. HOUSTON ROCKETS-Traded F Scottie Pippen to Portland for C KelvinCato, G-F Stacy Augmon, G Walt Williams, G Brian Shaw, G Ed Gray andF-C Carlos Rogers. HOCKEY National Hockey ...
MLS
Oct 03, 1999 ... Major League Soccer Eastern Conference W L SOW Pts GF GA y-D.C. 23 7 6 57 62 38 x-Columbus 19 11 6 45 45 33 x-Tampa Bay 13 17 5 29 43 46 New England 11 20 4 25 37 52 Miami 11 19 5 23 37 56 NY-NJ 7 25 3 15 32 64 Western ...
Sports history
Oct 03, 1999 ... Oct. 3 - 1974 - Frank Robinson signs a $175,000-a-year player-managercontract with the Cleveland Indians, making him the first blackmanager in major league history. 1997 - Hall of Famer Gordie Howe, 69, skates the first shift withthe Detroit Vipers in their International ...
NHL
Oct 03, 1999 ... National Hockey League Friday's results Dallas 6, Pittsburgh 4 N.Y. Rangers 1, Edmonton 1, tie Saturday's results Carolina 3, Boston 1 Ottawa 3, Philadelphia 0 Toronto 4, Montreal 1 New Jersey 4, Atlanta 1 N.Y. Islanders at ...
Golf
Oct 03, 1999 ... Buick Challenge PINE MOUNTAIN, Ga. - Scores with relation to par Saturday afterthe third round of the $1.8 million Buick Challenge, played on the7,057-yard, par-72 Mountainview Golf Course at Callaway Gardens: David Toms 68-66-66-200 -16 Stuart Appleby 70-64-69-203 ...
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Oct 03, 1999; ... WASHINGTON - When his two sons ran for governor last year, GeorgeBush wrote them a letter, advising both not to worry about politicalstories that "contrast you favorably to a father who had no visionand who was but a place holder in the broader scheme of things." George W., the ...
Protected Panther: ; Nature Conservancy deal helps preserve more of botanist's dream in Pendleton County
Oct 03, 1999; ... sunday Gazette-Mail RANKLIN - In 1925, Per Axel Rydberg, botanist for the New YorkBotanical Gardens, was exploring the summits of the centralAppalachians, looking for previously undocumented forms of plantlife. While searching a broad plateau at the south end of ...
Break in the sound
Oct 03, 1999; ... Riverside High School students take a break Saturday during theWest Virginia Marching Band Festival at Laidley Field in Charleston.The students are (from left) Deric Fout, Ashley Craig and ...
PEIA sick-leave swap not helping, chief says
Oct 03, 1999; ... SUNDAY GAZETTE-MAIL If escalating health-care costs don't scuttle the state's PublicEmployees Insurance Agency, a perk available only to publicemployees may finish off the job. That perk is a program that allows employees to swap their unusedsick leave for free medical ...
What's in a name? Money !
Oct 03, 1999; ... The creeping commercialization of modern life took a giant stepforward last week, when Pizza Hut Inc. announced it was buying theright to slap its new logo on a Russian rocket ship carrying acomponent of the new International Space Station into orbit. The Russians are charging ...
Sunday Gazette-Mail Web site now online
Oct 03, 1999 ... The Sunday Gazette-Mail now has its own spot on the World WideWeb. Stories from the Gazette-Mail have been available online since1996, but they were only available on the Charleston Gazette's Website (http://wvgazette.com). Now the Gazette-Mail has a Web site ofits own: ...
PROFILES: ; West Virginians who made a difference; Hechler fought for mine safety legislation
Oct 03, 1999; ... FOR THE SUNDAY GAZETTE-MAIL When Ken Hechler represented West Virginia's 4th CongressionalDistrict, he often signed his letters, "your servant in Congress." Amore apt phrase might have been "your servant incongruous." He's notlike anybody else. Hechler has lived an ...
Archaeological study sought for U.S. 219
Oct 03, 1999 ... In a talk Saturday before the West Virginia ArchaeologicalSociety, Stephen D. Trail urged the society to make sure a completearchaeological study of U.S. 219 is done before bits of history arelost. In his talk in Charleston, Trail, the president of the New RiverChapter of the ...
Man convicted in slaying of Fairmont bookmaker
Oct 03, 1999; ... FAIRMONT - A Marion County Circuit Court jury has convicted a manof first-degree murder in the 1998 shooting of a Fairmont bookmaker. Marion County prosecutors said they will oppose a recommendationof mercy for Gary Dewayne Kent, 48, who was convicted Friday. Thomas Lee Allen ...
Chemicals cut grass growth
Oct 03, 1999; ... CARBONDALE, Ill. - Dale Palscher of Carbondale doesn't likemowing his lawn. "I'll have the kids do it, the neighbors, my wife, I don't care,"he said. Well, Dale, it's not quite time to sell the Toro, but an emergingclass of chemicals could someday take most of the mowing out ...
Brothers of a feather: ; Peacocks stick together to attract mates
Oct 03, 1999; ... Groups of peacocks strut their stuff in hopes of attracting thefinest peahens, but only a few lucky guys will find a willing matein the wild kingdom's equivalent of a singles bar. Scientists have long wondered why the unsuccessful peacocks stickaround the same group year after year ...
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Oct 03, 1999; ... Ed Bedno, a graphic designer and professor at the University ofthe Arts, noticed something that surprised him after his computerwent on the fritz a few months ago. "My computer was in the shop for a week, and I got so many thingsdone," Bedno, 74, said in an interview. Work that had ...